3.2 "Senior" Portraits

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Objective

Develop both photography and modeling skills while using filters to creatively add unity to a portrait series.

Choose your partner(s) for our photoshoot at South Lake Union. You will take turns modeling for each other as if you were taking senior portraits to share with your family (the better the photo, the more cash your relatives send!). Screenshot 8+ poses on the bus ride for your model to try: standing/leaning/sitting/movement (link here to get you started)
Take 40+ photos in AV mode of your model in the 8+ poses.
Copy your photos into a folder within your Photos folder titled “South Lake Union.” Synchronize your Photos folder in Lightroom to add them to your library. Cull your photos until you have your top 8+ (1+ standing, 1+ leaning, 1+ sitting, and 1+ moving).
Open your 8+ favorite photos in Photoshop to edit:
  • Retouch your subject (blemishes, shadows, teeth, eyes, shape)
  • Retouch the environment
  • Crop
  • Add a Photoshop filter of your choice. You may reduce the strength of a filter by lowering the opacity of the filter’s folder in the layers panel.
DOWNLOAD PHOTOSHOP FILTERS

Photoshop: click on File > Export > Export As and select the JPG format.

Add a header on our WordPress.com website. Upload our photos into a gallery block.

Restate the objective and how you approached it in a paragraph.

Novice (50%)

Student does not complete all steps, does not use time well on location, or submits work incorrectly.

Apprentice (80%)

Student completes most steps, series is not unified, or does not use time well on location.

Master (100%)

Student completes all steps, creates a unified series, and uses time well on location.

Grandmaster (Extra Credit)

Student takes and edits more than 8 superb portraits and/or creates their own Photoshop filter.

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